SirJohnHay, 6th Bt. was born on 3 August 1788.1 He was the son of SirJohnHay, 5th Bt. and Hon.Mary ElizabethForbes.1 He married AnnePreston on 6 October 1821.1 He died on 1 November 1838 at age 50, without issue.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.)1 He succeeded as the 6th Baronet Hay, of Smithfield, co. Peebles [N.S., 1635] on 23 May 1830.1